From time to time I will post roundups or lists of my favorites restaurants, food shops or dishes. I'll tell you where I really go. What's worth a splurge. Where you'll find chefs late at night. Breakfast Priorities. Favorite haunts of other food writer friends. Ice cream Worth the Detour. Watch for more.

March 14, 2019 | Short OrderSweet Potato Soup Pricking and microwaving the sweet potatoes versus steaming them helps expedite the cooking process and blending the soup makes it velvety smooth. It is hearty enough to work as cold weather sustenance, yet light enough to be enjoyed year round. Better yet, it is gluten-free and can be made dairy-free, which makes it great for entertaining a waistline-weary or dietarily-restricted crowd.

February 9, 2019 | Short OrderSea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies These cookies are crispy on the outside, cakey on the inside and studded with huge chocolate chunks. A generous sprinkle of flaked sea salt makes already excellent cookies impossible to resist...

January 7, 2019 | FavoritesEasy RamenKaitlin Hill gets the secret to Easy Ramen from the obliging shop keeper in a noodle shop...

November 14, 2018 | FavoritesButtermilk BiscuitsA foolproof and quick easy recipe for buttermilk biscuits from Hillary Davis you can crank out at whim. They're rustic, with lots of crags to hold pools of melting butter

August 14, 2018 | FavoritesGrilled Peach Salad For my first course, I picked a grilled peach salad. I had assembled something similar when working in a Greenwich Village restaurant and remembered the “oohs” and “ahs” that greeted the charred peach dish that looked impressive but was secretly quite easy...

February 12, 2017 | RecipesWarm Chocolate Cakes As Valentine's Day approaches, you might want to start planning a seduction. That's where these little chocolate cakes fit in. You might want this recipe for a sweet that is easy but impressive, romantic but deceptively unfussy. Like me, you might plan to dazzle a loved one, a longtime companion or a new, not yet committed fling with something special; but, I would never recommend sweating over a hot stove to do so.

June 28, 2016 | FavoritesOrange Fruit SoupAs I confessed in my memoir, Insatiable: Tales from a life of Delicious Excess, dinner and dancing were my drugs of choice…that’s why I am able to remember the Seventies so vividly.

March 10, 2016 | FavoritesHealthy-ish Donuts for Teddy by Lauren BloombergI love donuts and grew up hanging out at my local Dunkin's. My three-year-old Teddy, on the other hand, is fairly new to the donut game and he's already obsessed. This recipe has everything that I'm into as a mom: it's a treat, but not as unhealthy/sugary/processed as the store bought stuff. And, I think, more delish. I ate half the yield...

January 21, 2016 | FavoritesWarming Winter Soup by Lauren BloombergThis soup was created in a refrigerator/pantry cleaning effort. Feel free to swap what you have at home. Vegetarian? Go for veggie stock. Want to use up the last onion? Let it take the place of the leek and shallot. I never remember to soak beans overnight but please, if you're the organized type, do so.

October 13, 2015 | FavoritesRaspberry-Horseradish JamI suggest serving this jam with goat cheese and crackers. Or center a small round of brie on a sheet of phyllo dough, pour half a jar of this jam on it and close. Bake it and serve warm in delightfully messy wedges

October 6, 2015 | FavoritesBacon and Baby Kale-Stuffed Pork RoastWith the world’s easiest pan gravy and a few small flourishes, this stuffed pork dish is perfect for entertaining. The bacon in the stuffing adds smokiness and the pomegranate seed garnish gives a pop of bright sweetness for the perfect balance of flavors. I seal the seam with toothpicks and cook everything in one pan.